For years, players have been begging Earthbound (aka Mother in Japan) creator Shigesato Itoi for a new game. He's listening and has a definite answer: Not gonna happen.

Recently on Twitter, a fan tweeted this to 64 year-old icon: "Mr. Itoi, please tell us a way to get you to make Mother 4." Itoi's response? "Muri" (無理) or "impossible".

That's not a surprise, especially considering how long it took to make Mother 3.

Meanwhile, in the West, fans just want Nintendo to release Mother 3, a game that came out in 2006 in Japan, and are thrilled that Earthbound (aka Mother 2) is coming to the North American Virtual Console.